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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1930
Page
3
Social and Personal News for this department may be mesied or Wilaghonst no time but the social reporter Mrs Teabille billier will to receive news between and 4 pm for the following day.
Miss Anne Kinsolving and Mr. John Brown wed at Old St. Pauls Pro Episcopal Church in Baltimore noon today. Dr. Kinsolving officiated assisted by Rev Arthur Lee Kinsolving. benediction by James de Wolfe Perry. The ceremony featured Madonna titles and lace heirloom veil with Russian coronet. Bridesmaids included sisters Sally Archer Kinsolving and Lucinda Lee Kinsolving. The couple plans an indefinite European stay, spring in Rome.
Capt and Mrs George H Grimm returned from Ashbury Park New Jersey after the Twenty-ninth Division reunion where his old Company G of the 113th Infantry won the loving cup for largest attendance The cup will remain the property of Company G of the 113th Infantry Football team hosts a charity dance at Jordan Springs Hotel on October 23 with the Pennsylvania Ramblers orchestra Rev Floyd W Dick visits Winchester Miss Mildred Jones hosts Grace Lutheran Sunday school class at her South Loudoun Street home Miss Ruth A Thomas sails from Baltimore for a vacation in Savannah and Jacksonville Fla locals attend Virginia game in Lexington at the University of Virginia and VMI Mary Pierce Baker moves from Winchester Memorial Hospital to her home for gradual recovery additional local guest updates and illness notes.
Miss Gladys Smith left today for Philadelphia for a vacation at her friends home in Pennsylvania. Mr W Lickliter of Strasburg Va visited today. P E Campbell Charles R and H L McCann and Paul of Summit Va attended stock sale in Baltimore. Mrs H W Shoemaker and sons of Strasburg are guests of Mr and Mrs B E Baker. Major Robert T Barton of Richmond is spending the weekend with his mother on South Washington Street. Dr Edward B Meigs and son Wister Meigs of Washington spent last night with Mr and Mrs Melvin Green.
Two Washington men Charles W. Gault and D. J. Donahue were adrift in a disabled motor boat off James Point when the Old Bay liner State of Maryland picked them up late at night and landed them at Norfolk. They had departed Plum Point around 4 p.m. and the engine failure left them at the mercy of wind and darkness until rescue.
Washington Oct 18 Prohibition Director Woodcock said the results of polls among 3000 newspapers on attitude to the dry laws would not be made public. The research division had announced the canvass, but Woodcock said that was an error and the findings will remain secret. Monographs on prohibition will continue to be issued reflecting varied views.
The Garment Capitol building in downtown Los Angeles was wrecked by an accidental gas explosion. Police and fire officials report 43 injured, with many recovering today. Estimated damage climbs to 1.5 million dollars as surveys continue.
Three thousand members of the International Fuel Handlers Union stage a strike in New York seeking union recognition and higher pay. Secretary Samuel Goldsberg says 8,000 to 15,000 more may join next week as Standard Oil of New York Warner-Quinlan Tydol Tidewater Sobol Brothers and municipal gas Stations are affected.
Chicago grain markets report closing prices for wheat corn and oats with contract months and movements. Wheat options show December March May and July with old and new values. corn shows December March May and July with slight changes. oats list December May with multiple figures.
The defense notes that Bragg and Mills testified they were in the room but did not witness the game. Keesecker fined $100 and jailed three months. appeal planned to the Corporation Court. Judge Weems dismisses operating a poker table as a gaming table per Virginia Court of Appeals ruling. State witnesses said poker was played. defense moves to overturn on insufficient evidence.
A cold snap continues as a blizzard from Lake Erie buried Dunkirk and nearby regions with ten inches of snow. Traffic stalled at midday as winds blew fiercely and brought the year to a deficiency about half the normal level.
President Hoover hosts Harvard economist William Z. Ripley for dinner as part of a string of business conferences. Ripley, author of a national railroad consolidation plan, joined Baruch and other businessmen in advising on current business trends. Lamont departs for New York to pursue coordination of federal and state relief efforts to reduce unemployment.
Miss Laura Ingalls, holder of two women's aviation records, arrives at Roosevelt Field at 12:04 p.m. EST completing a Los Angeles to New York flight in 25 hours and 35 minutes. Two meteorological stations will be set up in Greenland by an English expedition to gather data for a proposed England-Canada air service.
A 40 degree fall follows rain as winds chill the night. Frost formed as temps fell to about 31 degrees this morning after a day with highs in the 70s. The shift followed rain that stopped late evening and cold air moving in.
James Taylor son of Mr and Mrs Frank Taylor of Cumberland Maryland was killed in a motorcycle crash. A letter received by Charles Light of this city states the death but gives no other details. He is survived by his parents and a sister Miss Ethel Taylor.
Whitacre Virginia notices reflect residents at work in apples and church events. Mrs W C Whitacre and Mrs George Whitacre are in Washington for a Church of Christ convention. Local funeral attendance, visits from Gainesboro guests, and teachers meetings are noted along with a minor car accident recovery.
Frederick County Virginia reports a fatal collision that claimed the lives of three students traveling to Annapolis to attend the Duke Navy football game. Two others were seriously injured and a van driver hurt. Victims include Fred Ingram of High Point North Carolina State College. Duke soph Henry Chapman of Hagerstown Maryland. and Duke freshman James Johnson of Trenton New Jersey.
New York reports large scale liquidation pouring into the stock market. Prices ended the week near a minimum with strong selling pressure. Few losses exceeded two points as the closing zone remained heavy. About two million shares traded in the two hour session.
William E. Doran announces Perfection Golf Course will reopen Monday for several additional weeks due to continued demand for miniature golf. The course had closed Thursday night, but management granted a reopening. A separate report notes Isaac Isaacson, a dairy farmer near Grand Rapids Minnesota, harvested 127 bushels of oats per acre on his farm.
Telephones operated by the Bell system have increased dramatically over the past five decades. The number in service now exceeds 15.7 million in the Bell system with rapid additions this year. In Virginia the Chesapeake and Potomac line rose by 7 325 since January and Winchester's count reached 2 327. Overall US telephones exceed 20.25 million owned by Bell and others with thousands more on interconnecting networks nationwide.
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